Community Pharmacy

New Zealand pharmacists, you’re not alone. Pharmacists in many parts of the world are feeling overwhelmed, but that has not put the brakes on their imaginations when it comes to maintaining social distancing

Pharmaceutical Society president Ian McMichael is advising pharmacists to support each other as specific advice on how pharmacists should react to the unprecedented COVID-19 crisis begins to appear

The Ministry of Health has launched the 2020 influenza vaccination campaign early and widely expanded the number of patients eligible for funded vaccinations through pharmacies, due to the COVID-19 outbreak

Winning Pharmacy Guild Community Pharmacy of the Year was not the only award Christchurch’s Longhurst Pharmacy picked up at the gala night

Licensed to supply both funded and non-funded medicines including pharmacist only, pharmacy only and OTC medicines, Anna Lee reports some pharmacists have questioned the model of a new digital dispensing pharmacy, saying it's a “recipe for disaster” – particularly when it comes to fraudulent scripts 

Three lower North Island pharmacies are trialling vape pens as a funded smoking cessation tool for Māori, Pasifika and pregnant women

The Canterbury Community Pharmacy Group is linking patients who have difficulty speaking English with pharmacists who speak their language and help them understand their medicines

After more than two years of encouraging patients to be more thoughtful about plastic waste, a Wellington pharmacy estimates around four per cent of their customers are bringing back their bottles for reuse or recycling

Intern pharmacists who have completed the pharmacist vaccinator course can now give influenza vaccines.